Peraea

Peraea was a region of Judea on the eastern side of the Jordan River valley in the Levant. The region was inhabited by the Israelite tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh. After the death of Herod the Great in 4 BC, Peraea was bequeathed to his son Herod Antipas, but, in 39 AD, the Roman emperor Caligula transferred control of Peraea to Herod Agrippa I. After Agrippa's death in 44 AD, Peraea was annexed by the Roman Empire.